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A new study by a team of finance professors suggests one in eight corporate spinoffs and divestments in the U.S. between 1996 and the end of 2013 was preceded by suspicious trading in options markets. The Securities and Exchange Commission hasn’t brought a single case relating to such trading then or since, according to the […]
I do not think this strict liability standard is coming for criminal enforcement of the FCPA by the Department of Justice (DOJ) because there is still a requirement of intent under the Act. Intent can be inferred by conscious indifference but I still do not think that day of reckoning is near for DOJ enforcement. […]
The last owner who regularly used the residence, Peter Madoff, had to leave unexpectedly. He was implicated in the Ponzi scheme his now-notorious older brother, Bernard Madoff, used to steal as much as $20 billion from thousands of average investors, charities, celebrities and others. On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service announced the sale of the […]
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